The banfile is a file in which a list of banned player accounts and IP addresses are saved. Server administrators may issue bans to players who use foul language, Team Kill, use a cheat client or who behave inappropriately or against the spirit of the game.

Creating a Banfile

A server administrator wishing to use a banfile (eg: filename.txt) would add:

Layout

A banfile follows a specific layout, which can also be written or modified by hand.

Example entry:

12.34.56.*
end: 1282088135
banner: admin
reason: (badguy) cheating.

The first line can either be an IP, a ranged IP, a host, a ranged host or a BZID (Syntax: 'bzid: 12345').
The second line 'end:' defines the expiry date with a unix timestamp.
The third line 'banner:' defines the callsign of the privileged player who executed the ban.
The fourth and last line 'reason:' specifies a reason why the specific subject was banned and classically contains the banned callsign.
Each ban block is divided from the others by one empty line.